The Professional Racetrack Groom Course is returning in 2027 through a long-standing partnership between Horse Racing Alberta and Olds College of Agriculture & Technology's Industry Training & Continuing Education division.

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has launched its 2026 Hay and Feed Drive with a generous $100,000 matching gift from Peggy and Richard Santulli.

Unbeaten group 1 winner Proxima Dea will arrive at Flemington Racecourse as the favorite for the Nov. 5 VRC Oaks (G1) attempting to extend her perfect record to six. 

Sahlan, winner of last year's Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (G1), has retired from racing and will stand at Haras de Bouquetot in Normandy for 2027. The Al Shaqab Racing homebred is a son of the late Wootton Bassett.

Klocke will continue his career in Hong Kong after selling to the Good Time Syndicate at the Inglis Digital Australia November (Early) Online Sale.

An average of 2 million viewers watched Sovereignty win the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland on NBC and Peacock during the race's peak viewership window from 6:16-6:34 p.m. ET, making it the most-watched Classic segment since 2018.

This week's schedule of racing on radio, television, and streaming, as compiled by America's Best Racing.

Spendthrift Farm campaigned the son of the farm's leading second-crop sire Yaupon. Local Knowledge is a grade 1-placed, grade 2 winner.

Lambeth, last out winner of the 1 1/2-mile Sycamore Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland, cuts back in distance to battle Mercante, Teao, and Ole Crazy Bone in the 1 1/8-mile River City Stakes (G3T) Nov. 7 at Churchill Downs.

Leading New York owner/breeder Chester Broman will disperse his bloodstock in 2027, with Sequel Bloodstock managing the dispersal.